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data which iire presented in table 9. Tli(> data 

 are too meager for general comlusions. However, 

 they seem to indicate that the young reach a length 

 of 80 to 160 mm. (3 to 6 inches) by the end of 

 September. It seems also that the variation from 

 year to year in the length at a given date is rather 

 moderate. 



Economic importance. — Although this fish is 

 sold ill the market, there is no way of gauging its 

 importance in the flounder fishery, since those 

 marketed are not sold undei' a distinctive name 

 but are himped with other flounders. Bet'ause of 

 the small size, its economic importance is probiibly 

 not great. It sometimes ocelli's in quantity from 

 New York to Massachusetts beyond the five 

 fathom line and is taken in dredges, trawls, or 

 weirs. At Woods Hole, Mass., it is most common 

 during May and June, while off New York it is 

 "common in rather deep water" in November 

 (Nichols and Breder). Pearson (1932) found it 

 to a small extent in the winter trawl fishery off 

 Virginia and North Carolina. This author, how- 

 ever, does not state whether the species was taken 

 off the coast of both States, or only off the coast of 

 Virginia. Judging by the vertical distribution of 

 this species (p. 295), it seems probable that it does 

 not occur in any numbers in the shallower waters 

 off North Carolina where the winter trawlers 

 operate. Farther .south it is seldom captured ap- 

 parently because the usual fishing operations do 

 not extend to the depths inhabited by this species 

 in southern waters. 



Pleuronectes oblonffus Mitchiix, Trans. Litt. and Phil. 

 Soc. New York 1: .391, ISl,^-) (New York). 



Platcssa quudroceUatu Storeir, Prne. Boston Soc. Nat. 

 Hist. 2: 242, 184,S (Provincetown, Mass.) 



Plafessa quadrocularis Gill. Cat. Fish. N. Amer. (supp. 

 Proc. Arad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia. 1861), p. 51, 1S61 (no 

 desoriiition, only a citation to Storer : change of name 

 either a lapsus, or regarded more appropriate). 



PIdtessa guddi-orilliitii Storeh. Mem. Amer. Acad. Art.s 

 Soi.. Boston 8: :!97. pi. 31, tig. 3, 18(34: nl.so in Hist. Fi.sh. 

 M.iss., p. 203, ISti" (Provincetown, Mass.). 



Vhaenopspttfi oMonf/n Giu., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila- 

 delphia, isr>4 : 218 and 223. 



Pseudorhomhns oblongus Lyman, Sixth Ann. Rep. 

 Comra. Inland Fish. Massachusetts, p. 47, 1872 (Waqiioit, 

 Ma.ss. ) . 



Chaerwpsetta oWoiiiju B.\ird, Rept. U. S. Comm. Fish. 

 1871-72, p. 824. 1sT-i (Woods Hole, Mass. ) .— GoouE and 

 Bean, Amer. Jour. Sci. Art. (3) 17: 40, 1879 (Gloucester 

 Harbor). 



P.seiiflorhnnihiis ohlofii/us Goode and Bean. Bull. Essex 

 Inst. 11: 7, 1879 f mouth of Salem Harlior ).— Bean, Proc. 

 U. S. Xat. Mas. 3: 79, 1S80 (Noank, Conn.: Woods Hole 

 and Pi'ovinretown. M.'iss. ). 



Pfirnlichlhiix ohlniu/iix Goode, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 3: 

 472, INSI (Station 873, off Martha's Vineyard, lat. 40°02' 

 N., long. 7<t°.")7' W., 100 fath.). — Jorda.n and Gilbert, 

 Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus. 16: 824, 1,883 (siiecimens from Woods 

 Hole, Mass. ).— Bean, Rept. U. S. Connn. Fish., 1S,S2: 340, 

 1884 (W(^o(ls Hole, Mass. ).— Goode. Fish. lud. U. S., Sec. 

 1, p. 181, pi. 43, 18.S4 ( Salem Harbor, Mass. ; New York 

 to New England). — Jordan and Goss, Rept. U. S. Conini. 

 Fish., 1880, p. 249, pi. 3, fig. 8, 1889.— Goode and Bean. 

 Ocean. Ichth.. p. 4:^.6, l.s9(i (mouth of Salem Harbor, Mass. ; 

 Buzzards Bay, Jlass. : off Virginia, lat. 37°07' N., long. 

 74°34'30" W., 46 fath.; off N. Carolina, lat. 35°58' N., 

 long. 74''53' W., 49 fath., lat. 35°42' N., long. 74°54'30" 

 W., 43 fath.: off S. Carolina, lat. 32°.'")3' N., long. 77°.o3' 

 W., 99 fath.; general range given as Florida to Massachu- 

 setts). — Jordan and P^vermann, Bull. U. S. Xat. Mus. 47 

 (3) : 2(532, pi. 374, fig. 924. 189,S (Woods Hole. Mass.).— 

 Smith, Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish. 17: 108, 1898 (Woods Hole, 

 Mass.). — BuMPUS, Thirtieth Aiui. Rept. Comm. Inland 

 Fish. Tlhode Island, p. 53, 1900 (Narragansett Bay, 

 K. I.). — Bean, 6th Ann. Rept. Forest Fish (l;ime Comm. 

 New York [Cat. Fish. Long IsImiuI]. p. 473. 19(»1.— Bean, 

 7th Rept. Forest Fish Game Cianni. New York (Pood and 



